Talk:Hamdullahi

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It’s a tentative to provide a chronological order to the “facts” related to the caliphate on the based on the analysis of some manuscript sources. The article appears in the unpublished version of the thesis.

Brown, W.A., 1969, The Caliphate of Hamdullahi, ca. 1818–1864: A study in African history and tradition, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin.

His thesis represents the only substantial contribution to the topic in English. It’s very raw and little worked.

This is a recent translation of the hagiography of the founder caliph Ahmad Lobbo. It contains a very important introduction, which represents nowadays the best introduction to the history of caliphate.

Nobili, M., Mathee, M.S., 2015, “Towards a new study of the so-called Tārīkh al-fattāsh”, History in Africa, 42, p. 37-73.

These two works are focused on the role of writing and the processes of authority building in the caliphate. These studies suggest a new theory in relation to the famous chronical story of Tarikh al-fattash which the author believes that it is a work of the 19 century.

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